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Future PLC 19 January 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY FUTURE PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST FMR CORP AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 NOTIFICATION RELATES TO SHAREHOLDERS IN 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. MELLON BANK N.A. - 1,717,169 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH - 36,129,013 BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX - 6,437,098 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH - 1,890,660 BNP PARIBAS, PARIS - 1,253,100 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. 5,029,000 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 1.54% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 1P EACH 10) Date of transaction NOT KNOWN 11) Date listed company informed 19/01/06 12) Total holding following this notification 47,427,040 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 14.53% 14) Any additional information CURRENT ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL IS 326,423,957 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MARK MILLAR 01225 822764 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification .... 19TH JANUARY 2006 .................... This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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